Service device



Aug. 11,1936. E TAUB 2,050,636

SERVICE DEVICE Filed Dec. 26, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet l I Z9 33 I Z8 29 Z! EDWARD RIAUB jj INVENTOR WMIB WQ 'gzdnu q ATTO R N EYS E. A. TAUB SERVICE DEVICE Aug. 11, 1936.

2 Sheets-Sheet-Z Filed Dec. 26, 1933 EDWARDR-TAUB INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 11, 1936 UNITED STATES 2,050,636 SERVICE navrca Edward A. Taub, North Bergen, N. 1., assignor to Gibraltar Corrugated Paper Co. Inc., North Bergen, N. J., a corporation of New Jersey Application December 26, 1233, Serial No. 703,991

2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in servas usually printed, with a minimum expense,

ice devices and has more particular relation tog upon paper.

bottle carrying devices for use in oil dispensing stations or the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a collapsible bottle carrying device that may be readily erected and be capable of conveniently carrying a plurality of bottles of oil, milk or the like, by hand and with the bottles occupying compartments. Y I

A. further object of the invention is to provide a collapsible bottle-carrying device constructed of paper board and so constructed that it may be instantly and permanently assembled by an unskilled person and provide a protective carrier for bottles of oil, milk or other liquids.

Another object of the invention is to provide a collapsible hand carrier for bottles in which the weight is equally distributed from a common point of suspension so that there will be no tendency of the carrier to tip one way or the other when being carried.

The invention also has other objects, all of which will be hereafter more particularly set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings;

Figure 1 represents a top plan view of the devices embodying my invention, partly in dotted lines and containing two bottles of 011 provided with dispensing funnels.

Figure 2 represents a front elevation of the same. 4

Figure 3 represents a top plan view, partly broken away, of a single piece of corrugated paper board, from which the carrier is constructed.

Figure 4 represents a perspective view of a modern oil container can, and I Figure 5 represents a side elevation, partly broken away, of one of the detachable funnels and can openers.

It has heretofore been the practice in automobile gasoline and oil service stations to provide carriers for the oil bottles constructed of metal or weight and'may be shipped in a collapsed condition in which it occupies a flat plane with one carrier piled upon the other, but be capable at the same time of being instantly erected by an unskilled person to provide a perfect oil carrier of the lightest possible construction, and containing suitable advertising matter printed thereon such tained within the carrier. acteristic of the carrier associated with the oil in which it is of the ends 22 and 23 By reference to Figure 3, it will be seen that 2| represents the bottom of the carrier, 24 and 25 the front and back of the same, 3| and 35 the 5 opposite sides of the roof or top of the carrier and 22 and 23 the ends of the carrier.

As the carrier is constructed of a single piece of corrugated cardboard of any desired type, scored lines I, 2, 3 and 4 are provided between the bottom, the front and back and the ends so that'the board may be doubled at these points to erect the carrier upon the base 2| in the form of a container.

This container, in the present instance, is printed exteriorly to represent a small service station or house having windows and doors therein, and a red tile roof. The windows 40 are formed in the front and back walls respectively and so arranged as to permit the contents of the oil bottle back of them to be examined. This in- 20 spection of the oil bottle is particularly desirable as heavy and light grades of oil may be carried in the same carrier and the attendant will wish to know which bottle he is lifting from the carrier before withdrawing it.

Further, after the attendant has emptied one bottle and placed it back within the'carrier, if his attention is withdrawn for a minute, he will not have to lift the empty bottle to ascertain which is the full bottle remaining in the carrier. These windows 40 thus serve a real function in carrying out the invention as well as forming a part of the design of the building represented by the carrier.

As it has been the practice of oil companies to adopt a certain style of building for their service stations so thatthe public will know a certain station by the type of building it has, this policy has been further carried out by constructing the carrier in imitation of the type of building desired. Thus a purchaser of oil at a station will realize'at once by the type of building illustrated on the carrier whahmake of oil is con- This peculiar charcompany which is manufacturing a particular kind of oil, is very desirable where a service station is of a general character and is handling many different kinds of oil andgasoline. In

such instances, not only the attendant, but the customer, will know that he is being served with oil of the particular type that he has ordered and not with somexother type that he does not desire.

In order to item the carrier erected in the form is provided on opposite sides with extension flaps 28,30, 28 and 22 an'd'with connected locking and partition flaps '21, 3|, 2'. and I3; scored lines I,

- "I, II and I! being formed between the respective flaps and scored lines I, O, I and I between the co flaps and the ends. Slots 21', 29', 3| and 33' are formed in the front and back walls 24 and 25 and when the carrier is erected and the ends 22 and 23 moved into a. vertical position and the flaps 26, 30, 28 and 32 bent along the front and rear walls, the flaps 21, 3|, 29 and 33 are invice in its erected position.

By reference to Figure 1, it will be seen that these flaps extend towards each other within the carrier and form partition walls that hold the bottle securely in position against sliding about or tipping" even though the carrier is given very rough usage.

The roof sections 34 and 35 are scored as at i3 and M where they join the front and back walls and each of these sections is provided with a hand hold flap 38 and 31 formed respectively with finger apertures 38 and 39, scored lines I5 and It being formed between the roof sections and these flaps. When the two hand hold" flaps are brought together they hold the roof sections 34 and 35 in position as the two flaps lying side by side as shown in Figure 1 constitute the peak" of the roof.

A modern practice has grown up in the service of oil at oil stations of dispensing the oil to customers from sealed cans to prevent inferior oils from being substituted for high grade oils. Such a can is illustrated in Figure 4 and in order to open this can and poinit contents into the engine y of an automobile, a funnel 41, such as is shown in Figure 5, is provided. This funnel internally is I provided with puncturing points 48. -I'he funnel Eis inverted and forced down on top of the can 46 to give a slight movement which punctures the thin top of the can. The funnel and can together are then inverted and the contents of the can poured through the funnel into the en- 40 gine. Such cans with the funnels on top and ready for service, may be carried in the present carrier, just as the glass bottle with a funnel on it would be carried. The attendant, however, in this instance, must first disclose to the purchaser the unopened can. If this is desired, the cans alone, without the funnels, might be carried in the carrier and viewed through the windows 40, and the funnel 41 inserted after withdrawing the can from the carrier.

While this invention has been described as particularly applicable to the servicing of oil at oil stations, it will, of course, be understood that the carrier, with equal facility, may be used for the delivery of milk bottles, as the protection of such bottles is desired. These bottles are held separated and prevented from violently striking each other, just as would the oil bottles previously described.

The peculiar tapered construction of the top sections 34 and 35 results in the top of. the carrier being only partly enclosed so that the tops of the bottles and funnels may project through the top and thus reduce the size of the holder necessary to contain bottles and funnels of a as given height and allow for the ready removal of the bottles.

'This structure further prevents the tipping of the funnel or the top of the bottle and holds it in positionlon three sides, as shown in Figure 1.

Bottles in a carrier, as herein described, are so well protected against breakage that the carrier may be handled with extreme roughness without the bottle striking anything hard enough to break it and without any possibility of the bottles coming together in such a way as to break them,

serted through these slots and hold the entire de- This is particularly true as the whole structure is constructed of corrugated board which is soft enough to absorb any shock of the bottle striking against the walls of the carrier.

It will be observed that by the peculiar arrangement of the so-called windows in the back and in corresponding positions in the front of the carrier, the oil in the containers may be readily examined while in the containers by looking through the oil from the front to the back. This is practically the only true way of examining the oil as to its quality, as otherwise the light will not be correct to look through the oil.

If the light were to come from one side only, as it would with a single window, this light would be reflected from the oil and under such conditions all oil seems alike or of a greenish tint and its quality is concealed. It thus becomes essential to look entirely through the oil in order to judge of its quality.

It will be understood that one of the best known tests of the grade and quality of oil is made by looking through the oil while it is contained in a transparent container.

The present holder for oil bottles is so constructed that the windows in the front and back walls of the holder or carrier are in alignment and therefore when the carrier is held elevated, the attendant can look through the oil from front to back and therefore determine its particular grade or its color or quality.

This is true of oil only when it may be examined by looking entirely through it. When oil is viewed from the front with simply reflected light coming from the front, it has a peculiar dark 'opaque appearance by which its grade or quality cannot be judged. A holder having windows in the front only would not be effective with oil as with applicant's present holder and carrier.

What I claim is:

1. A collapsible bottle display rack formed from a single blank having a bottom, front, rear and end walls, inclined tapered tops extending from the edges of the front and rear walls and having matched handles which with the tops form a can tral support and closure for the rack, the end walls having no top portion, the tops when brought together forming a triangular opening at each end through which the upper portion of the container extends, the sides of the top adapted to hold the container in position when the handles are together and permitting withdrawal of the containers upon the separation of the handles.

2. A collapsible bottle display rack formed froni a Single blank having a bottom, front, rear top adapted to hold the container in position 0 when the handles are together and permitting withdrawal of the containers upon the separation of. the handles, tabs securing the end walls to the front and rear walls, said tabs extendingthrough said walls to form retainers for receptacles, Bald tabs and tops when in closed position forming retaining means against displacement of recepacles in said rack.

EDWARD A. TAUB. 

